Job Description
- Lead and support end-to-end SAP FICO implementations, enhancements & rollout projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Design, develop, enhance, and debug SAP ABAP objects for SAP FICO, including reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, conversions, and custom developments.
- Partner with Functional Consultants and business stakeholders to define technical solutions, translate functional requirements into scalable SAP developments, and ensure adherence to SAP development standards and best practices.
- Production support, issue resolution, code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement to ensure system stability, performance, and maintainability.
- Project Management
- Ensuring an efficient purchasing process if needed (e.g., in-time involvement of Purchasing, transparent communication)
- Leading of projects according to Project Management principles (focus on IT realization: coordination of vendor / inhouse resources)
- Collaboration with Business Process Consultant to final align and define technical CT Standards for new projects / enhancements
- Ensure that technical CT Standards are as close as possible to standard for better scalability and maintenance
- Successful and in-time implementation of enhancements / projects (new functionalities, applications etc.)
- Project Budget
- Creation and follow up on project eCRs if needed (after IT Portfolio Board approval)
- Ensure purchasing process during the project (e.g., CEOS shopping card creation, payment)
- Create and communicate updates of project Budget (Forecast process)
- Ensure reliability of project Budget / Forecast (requested budget should be consumed or adjusted in-time)
- Technical Documentation
- Ensure availability and quality of technical documentation (with vendor same as for internal development)
- Ensure up to date information in LeanIX
- Change Management
- Define technical concept for changes
- Realization and hyper-care for changes
- Application Services
- Ensure service continuity and system operations in the region
- Follow structured problem solving processes and lessons learned on technical interruptions
- Knowledge management
- Ensure utilization of lessons learned (cross teams and Competence Center)
- Ensure continuous learning and sharing of state-of-the-art & standard utilization (e.g., visiting relevant IT fairs)
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Informatics, or a related field
- 5+ years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience with deep expertise in SAP FICO, including debugging, performance tuning, custom development, and technical troubleshooting.
- Proven experience delivering SAP implementation, rollout, or enhancement projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and supporting the full software development lifecycle.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, and integration with other SAP modules is an advantage.
- Several years of professional experience in comparable role
- Experience in IT Solutions for Accounting & Controlling
- Experience in SAP Accounting & Controlling and SAP Analytic Cloud
- Business knowledge related to Accounting & Controlling
- Basic Knowledge of all related SAP modules
- Leading Self and Interacting with external resources working in the same functional area
- Business fluent in English language skills (spoken and written)
- Intercultural Sensitivity
- Willingness to travel worldwide (approx. 20%)
Nice to Have:
- Strong hands-on SAP ABAP development experience w/ SAP FI/CO (debugging, enhancements & custom object development)
- With SAP FI/CO implementation, rollout, and enhancement projects